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GOD'S WORD Translation

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Galatians 2

GW 1
Then 14 years later I went to Jerusalem again with Barnabas. I also took Titus along.
NIV 1
Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
GW 2
I went in response to a revelation [from God]. I showed them the way I spread the Good News among people who are not Jewish. I did this in a private meeting with those recognized as important people to see whether all my efforts had been wasted.
NIV 2
I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who seemed to be leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.
GW 3
Titus was with me, and although he is Greek, no one forced him to be circumcised.
NIV 3
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
GW 4
False Christians were brought in. They slipped in as spies to learn about the freedom Christ Jesus gives us. They hoped to find a way to control us.
NIV 4
[This matter arose] because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.
GW 5
But we did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the Good News would always be yours.
NIV 5
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.
GW 6
Those who were recognized as important people didn't add a single thing to my message. (What sort of people they were makes no difference to me, since God doesn't play favorites.)
NIV 6
As for those who seemed to be important--whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not judge by external appearance--those men added nothing to my message.
GW 7
In fact, they saw that I had been entrusted with telling the Good News to people who are not circumcised as Peter had been entrusted to tell it to those who are circumcised.
NIV 7
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as Peter had been to the Jews.
GW 8
The one who made Peter an apostle to Jewish people also made me an apostle to people who are not Jewish.
NIV 8
For God, who was at work in the ministry of Peter as an apostle to the Jews, was also at work in my ministry as an apostle to the Gentiles.
GW 9
James, Cephas, and John (who were recognized as the most important people) acknowledged that God had given me this special gift. So they shook hands with Barnabas and me, agreeing to be our partners. It was understood that we would work among the people who are not Jewish and they would work among Jewish people.
NIV 9
James, Peter and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.
GW 10
The only thing they asked us to do was to remember the poor, the very thing which I was eager to do.
NIV 10
All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
GW 11
When Cephas came to Antioch, I had to openly oppose him because he was completely wrong.
NIV 11
When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.
GW 12
He ate with people who were not Jewish until some men James had sent [from Jerusalem] arrived. Then Cephas drew back and would not associate with people who were not Jewish. He was afraid of those who insisted that circumcision was necessary.
NIV 12
Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.
GW 13
The other Jewish Christians also joined him in this hypocrisy. Even Barnabas was swept along with them.
NIV 13
The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
GW 14
But I saw that they were not properly following the truth of the Good News. So I told Cephas in front of everyone, "You're Jewish, but you live like a person who is not Jewish. So how can you insist that people who are not Jewish must live like Jews?"
NIV 14
When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
GW 15
We are Jewish by birth, not sinners from other nations.
NIV 15
"We who are Jews by birth and not 'Gentile sinners'
GW 16
Yet, we know that people don't receive God's approval because of their own efforts to live according to a set of standards, but only by believing in Jesus Christ. So we also believed in Jesus Christ in order to receive God's approval by faith in Christ and not because of our own efforts. People won't receive God's approval because of their own efforts to live according to a set of standards.
NIV 16
know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.
GW 17
If we, the same people who are searching for God's approval in Christ, are still sinners, does that mean that Christ encourages us to sin? That's unthinkable!
NIV 17
"If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
GW 18
If I rebuild something that I've torn down, I admit that I was wrong to tear it down.
NIV 18
If I rebuild what I destroyed, I prove that I am a lawbreaker.
GW 19
When I tried to obey the law's standards, those laws killed me. As a result, I live in a relationship with God. I have been crucified with Christ.
NIV 19
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.
GW 20
I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live I live by believing in God's Son, who loved me and took the punishment for my sins.
NIV 20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
GW 21
I don't reject God's kindness. If we receive God's approval by obeying laws, then Christ's death was pointless.
NIV 21
I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"

New International Version

Galatians 2

NIV 1
Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, this time with Barnabas. I took Titus along also.
NIV 2
I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did this privately to those who seemed to be leaders, for fear that I was running or had run my race in vain.
NIV 3
Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, even though he was a Greek.
NIV 4
[This matter arose] because some false brothers had infiltrated our ranks to spy on the freedom we have in Christ Jesus and to make us slaves.
NIV 5
We did not give in to them for a moment, so that the truth of the gospel might remain with you.
NIV 6
As for those who seemed to be important--whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not judge by external appearance--those men added nothing to my message.
NIV 7
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted with the task of preaching the gospel to the Gentiles, just as Peter had been to the Jews.
NIV 8
For God, who was at work in the ministry of Peter as an apostle to the Jews, was also at work in my ministry as an apostle to the Gentiles.
NIV 9
James, Peter and John, those reputed to be pillars, gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the Jews.
NIV 10
All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
NIV 11
When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was clearly in the wrong.
NIV 12
Before certain men came from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.
NIV 13
The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas was led astray.
NIV 14
When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter in front of them all, "You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew. How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?
NIV 15
"We who are Jews by birth and not 'Gentile sinners'
NIV 16
know that a man is not justified by observing the law, but by faith in Jesus Christ. So we, too, have put our faith in Christ Jesus that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by observing the law, because by observing the law no one will be justified.
NIV 17
"If, while we seek to be justified in Christ, it becomes evident that we ourselves are sinners, does that mean that Christ promotes sin? Absolutely not!
NIV 18
If I rebuild what I destroyed, I prove that I am a lawbreaker.
NIV 19
For through the law I died to the law so that I might live for God.
NIV 20
I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
NIV 21
I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!"